Annotation:White Breasted Boy (The)

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X:1 T:White Breasted Boy, The M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 621 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb {F}f>d | B2 (AB).G.E | {D}F4 GA | B3d ec | {d}f4 f>d | B2 (AB).G.E |D<F F2 ~G>A | B<d dB c>A | B4 || F2 | B2 Bcde | f4 gf | fd Bc d{f}e |{d}c4 f>d | B2 (AB) .G.E | D<F F2 G>A | {B}d3B {G}c>A | B4 ||

WHITE BREASTED BOY, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Stanford (1905) notes that two untitled tunes in Petrie’s collection, Nos. 72 and 140, are variants.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - “Mrs. Close” [Stanford/Petrie]. Mrs. Close was a friend of artist and collector George Petrie (1790-1866) and was originally from County Galway.

Printed sources : - Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 621, p. 156.

Recorded sources: -

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